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Long-serving Sydney Cricket Ground curator Tom Parker will step down from the position at the end of September, just few months prior to Australia's home Ashes series. Reflecting on his illustrious career that spanned over 20 years, Parker said that it has ...catchnews.com, 1 month ago

In a tragic incident, Pakistani batsman Zubair Ahmed has died after being hit by a bouncer during a domestic match at Mardan. Ahmed, who had played four List A matches and represented the T20 team Quetta Bears, was hit on the head on August 14. Pakistan ...

IMAGE: Betty Cuthbert of Australia is taken around the ground in a golf cart as she carries the olympic torch in the round eleven AFL match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Essendon Bombers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground June 5 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: Stuart Hannagan/Getty Images Australian sprinter Betty Cuthbert, the only athlete to have won the Olympic 100, 200 and 400 metres titles, has died aged 79 after battling multiple sclerosis for nearly half a century, ...

India have posted 6 of the 7 600+ totals posted in Test cricket this year!Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the second day of the second Test. IMAGE: India's players celebrate Dimuth Karunaratne's wicket. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters A dominant India posted a mammoth 622/9 declared in the first innings before they dismissed both the Sri Lankan openers early to take control on Day 2 of the second Test in Colombo on Friday, August 4. Scorecard Cheteshwar Pujara (133) and ...

Australia's cricketers have been warned this year's Ashes series could be scrapped, even if a new pay deal is reached with the game's governing body, reports said on Saturday. Australian Cricketers Association chief Alistair Nicholson has warned the players ...

A magnificent unbeaten century from star batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur helped India beat Australia by 36 runs in the semifinal of the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup at the county ground on Thursday. Harmanpreet played a gem of an innings, scoring 171* to propel ...

IMAGE: Alastair Cook of England celebrates scoring half a century during Day 1 of the 3rd Test match against South Africa. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Alastair Cook ensured a quality launch to The Oval's 100th Test with an innings of familiar patience and defiance that guided England to 171 for four against South Africa on an absorbing but rain-disrupted opening day of the third Test on Thursday. - Scorecard Former captain Cook stood firm as the historic occasion was ...

Du Plessis warning to England debutant Westley IMAGE: Faf du Plessis during a nets session. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images New England batsman Tom Westley has been promised a debut to remember when he makes his first Test appearance in Thursday's third Test against South Africa at The Oval. The 28-year-old Essex player, batting at number three in place of the injured Gary Balance, will take confidence from his century for the England Lions in their recent warm-up game against the ...

Social media was flooded with congratulatory messages after ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth decimated reigning Olympic and All England Open champion Chen Long of China to win the Australia Open Super Series title last Sunday. The 24-year-old took just 45 ...

The win at Edgbaston was not the first time an Indian team had vanquished Pakistan in an ICC competition.Rajneesh Gupta surveys the landscape of India-Pakistan encounters in ICC contests. In the end, it was an anti-climax this time around -- the India-Pakistan match -- the mother of all contests in world cricket. After all the hype built around the Champions Trophy game at Edgbaston on June 4, India proved too strong for their arch-rivals and registered their second biggest win over Pakistan. ...